049. The crossroads of choice
“I’m going to listen to you in silence… I can’t listen to you anymore.”
“I think I can guess who you are…”
The captain looked at Selene and pretended to know her. Either that or not, Selene stumbled upon the rude words of the captain who had just spoken.
“To be punished? Who wants?”
“…If you’re someone I know, I don’t understand why you react like that. But, as I said, it’s for the greater good. A dog running wild is also the owner’s responsibility…”
“A dog that left the house… A dog… Ha-“
Selene muttered at her man’s words, as if she couldn’t even laugh because it was ridiculous. Then Selene slowly raised her hand.
I’ve never actually seen her, and maybe it’s because Selene’s transcendental reputation isn’t very high? Was it her, or was she relieved to believe that she would not go astray, to the point of attacking the same side?
If someone who knew Selene well saw this, she would have said it. She said don’t worry Selene said she was like a ticking time bomb.
With her raised fingertips, a dense aura strikes the sky like a laser. Then, in an instant, she saw the appearance of the night sky dyed black.
Then the moon that brightens the night rises, and as the moonlight pours down on the ground, the moonlight gathers toward Selene.
“Who are you to say such a title?”
Like a procession of fireflies, the silver clusters wrapped around Selene’s fingertips were beautiful to look at, but vicious flesh was leaking out. However, it seemed that she could not bear to hide the unnatural thing, even though she controlled it so that her life would not spill out.
‘It doesn’t matter anyway.’
Because this is just a signal flare. No matter how arrogant she was, she didn’t want her skills, or the overzealousness of being able to deal with a group of thirty-somethings in one blow.
Just… I don’t like the look on the face of the person who plays the role of captain. Selene was only trying to do her magic as a warning of what would happen if she opened her mouth the wrong way.
“Does this action… Mean to turn ‘us’ into an enemy?”
Her man frowned at her. The reason why she soon hardened her face and gathered her energy must be because she sensed her disquieting side. She seemed to have her poised so that at any moment she could retaliate against Selene’s attack.
“I didn’t see it that way, but what a foolish thing to do. Do you really think that would be helpful to you?”
“Help? I think I’m mistaken…”
The heavily condensed moonlight was circling violently around Selene’s hand, as if it would spread all over her at any moment. Even as she endured it, Selene only corrected her partner’s misunderstanding, as her complexion did not change.
“From the beginning, it’s just a relationship where we held hands out of necessity. Are there any hypocrites among you who truly fight for the safety of the universe? Those who don’t pass by.”
“…A monstrous word-“
“I don’t want to listen to your excuses. What would you do if you made excuses to me in the first place? It’s all meaningless. I just wanted to say that I, like you hypocrites, joined hands out of necessity. .”
“According to your sophistry, you are also a hypocrite-“
“A hypocrite. I never claimed to be good in the first place?”
Even the reason she briefly cooperated with the group that was tied to trivial things was to find Endymion… Peace in the universe? What is there to know- Selene wasn’t interested in a world where everyone was at peace, or where those with vested interests were just happy.
“…….”
Animosity toward Selene springs from the group of transcendentalists. Selene, who was able to handle the momentum alone, only snorted at her.
“You stupid children who know how great you are with little power, you should also know how to take responsibility if you offend the plant with useless words.”
Flick your hands. The moonlight, which had been swirling around my hand like a whirlwind, was ejected in an instant. Selene’s magic that gallops forward like a dragon.
The leader of the group deployed a barrier as he had prepared.
“…!”
It was useless. At most, a single, insignificant layer of defense couldn’t block Selene’s ’emotion’-laden attack.
I didn’t mean to make fun of Thatcher. If the leader of the group was a transcendent person of color and form, he would have vaguely guessed, if not precisely, the total amount of energy emanating from Selene’s hand.
Even so, the reason he was torn apart and changed into a handful of blood was simply because he was weaker than Selene.
The immutable truth that does not change over time is the rule of thumb. If you are weak, you will be weeded out. Like the man who was turned into a handful of blood a moment ago.
“This… what is this…!”
Those who were watching from behind were shocked at what happened in just a few seconds. With just one blow, the strongest person in the group is noble!
“…The author killed Elder Malone. We must catch him!”
Everyone looked at Selene at the man’s cry, but as soon as Selene’s eyes turned to them, everyone looked down.
Even the man who pointed and shouted that Selene should be defeated fell like an aspen like a frightened bastard.
“If you’re going to keep attacking me, I won’t stop you.”
If you know you’re going to die, but act like a moth approaching a candle…. Selene planned to burn everyone by possessing a candle.
As if they didn’t know that will, the group of Transcendentalists also hesitated. But at that moment-
Damn it—
The sound of cracks in the air was heard, and soon after, the night sky collapsed.
“That’s…”
It was not a roundabout poetic expression. Really as it is. Because one side of the night sky was distorted by cracks and eventually shattered. An abyss deeper than darkness. There, numerous figures reveal their identities.
“That’s…!”
“It’s the chairman!”
This 30-year-old with a lot of head and little power… No, unlike the twenty-nine-year-old group—the group that came down from the sky to the ground easily crossed the capital of thirty, and one by one they were talented people who could not be ignored.
“It’s only because of one person that they come here like this?”
A questioning voice flowed from Endymion’s mouth. That would be the case, because it was incomprehensible that so many people came to capture him.
“This… looks like things have gotten a lot more dangerous.”
Haewoon, who had been standing like a folding screen for some time, finally showed off his presence and said. At those words, Endymion nodded in his heart, but his eyes were still fixed on the transcendents descending from the sky.
“Why are you here as a group?”
Even if it was a temporary cooperative relationship, Selene also had a one-sided relationship with them. The opponent also saw Selene’s face and opened her mouth to speak.
“I don’t think you’re asking because you don’t know that. Selene.”
The one called the chairman looked down at the surroundings while still floating in the air. His indifferent gaze swept across the face of his ally like a defeated soldier.
The group of thirty, no, twenty-nine, only shook their heads, as if they had no face in seeing the chairman. Seeing that, the chairman clicked his tongue and looked at Selene again.
“This must be clearly an action against us?”
“When do you talk like we were all on the same side? You know very well that’s not the case?”
At the point of “You,” I felt a few people standing behind the chairperson indignantly. They were ready to shout and scold Selene at any moment, but it was none other than the chairman who raised her hand to stop them.
“Because you’re on the same side… Ok, that wasn’t it. We were constantly suspicious of you too.”
“So, are you here to take care of the target over there with me?”
“More precisely, you came because you killed my son. The more important reason is…”
The chairman’s eyes suddenly sharpened, and his eyes stayed on the still sky behind Selene and Endymion.
“It would make sense to say that our main enemy, who summoned us, is the cause.”
The moment Endymion looked back at the word “Main enemy,” Another crack opened.
Clang-
The sky that collapsed with the sound of shattering glass fragments was not much different from the appearance of the group of chairmen when they crossed the space. However, the fact that there was only one person walking from there was a very contrasting appearance.
“Heh heh, I unintentionally made the customer wait.”
A face Endymion knew well. The one who has instructed everything so far, and the one who gave himself all kinds of stories. It was ‘Shinseon’ that had been traded with Endymion the other day.
Waving a white robe and tying his beard, he had the appearance of a mountain god who could live in a mountain without fail. But only Endymion knew how much darker his insides were than they looked. The reason why he destroyed the world was because of his instructions through trade.
‘Were you watching?’
Endymion felt a chill run down his spine as he realized that he hadn’t even felt his presence the moment he appeared, let alone since when he had been watching.
He is also a dangerous person. He looked at the freshman with deep pensive eyes, and the freshman also looked at him. His eyes, which curved like crescent moons, showed a light that seemed to be flowing with dangerous energy.
“What do you mean?”
The chairman, who had been watching Shinseon all the time, asked a question full of vigilance. Then, as he continued, Endymion realized why this situation had arisen.
“I know that you were responsible for luring us, and leaking information to us and calling us here.”
The truth of the incident was completely unexpected. However, even after doing this, Shinseon only responded with a hollow laugh, as if there was nothing to be offended at.
“I thought it was the right time. If not now, when will this many people be able to gather, and also…”
Kung-!
A large number of people floating in the sky came down to the ground and were crushed, as well as those who stood on the ground due to the heavy waves that suddenly hit the atmosphere.
“…When will we be able to reap this many lives?”
“What is this…!”
Shin Seon’s cold eyes pour down on those who are powerlessly oppressed. All of them, you and I, looked very embarrassed. The waves that suddenly weighed down the body were not the flow of power that each individual could resist.
“Honey. Take that out.”
It was difficult to grasp the gist of the words at first glance, but Endymion felt it at once without knowing why, and for a moment, looking at those who were oppressed, turned his head right away and met eyes with the immortal.
‘No way… ‘
“I laid the boards, so you just have to do your job.”
When I say what to do, it means robbing their souls. Endymion hesitated for a moment. No, in his heart he kept shouting that it was nonsense.
“Hey… is it just a matter of collecting those on their knees?”
“I can’t believe I meant it that way.”
Like a grandfather admonishing his grandson, Shinseon speaks softly.
“Kill everyone. In this place, everyone except you.”